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Dean

Professor Samer Hamidi

Professor Samer Hamidi serves as the Dean of the School of Health Sciences, HBMSU. With a career spanning over two decades, he has consistently demonstrated a deep commitment to leveraging technology to enhance the learning experience and transform traditional educational paradigms.

School of Health Sciences

Academic Biography

  • Digital Health Transformation  
  • Healthcare Systems
  • Health Policy and Planning
  • Healthcare Finance and Economics  
  • Quality of Health Services  
  • Samer Learning 
     
  • Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Royal Colleges of Physicians, United Kingdom, 2024
  • Doctor of Public Health, Health Systems Management, Tulane University, USA, 2005
  • Master of Public Health, Tulane University, USA, 2022
  • Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, University of Jordan, Jordan

Professor Samer Hamidi serves as the Dean of the School of Health Sciences, HBMSU. With a career spanning over two decades, he has consistently demonstrated a deep commitment to leveraging technology to enhance the learning experience and transform traditional educational paradigms. He has extensive experience in innovative use of smart technology in teaching across diverse academic tiers, encompassing bachelor's, master's, and doctoral programs. His expertise extends across a diverse spectrum of disciplines, showcasing a distinct emphasis on health systems, disease burden analysis, health finance, and the enhancement of quality and efficiency within the healthcare sector.  

Beyond his academic achievements, his influence resonates regionally and globally, reflecting in his role as a site visitor for renowned organizations including the European Accreditation Council for Public Health Education Accreditation Agency (APHEA) and the Commission for Academic Accreditation (CAA). His dedication to advancing scholarly research is evidenced by the publication of 150 peer-reviewed papers in prestigious journals, addressing health challenges at local, regional, and global levels. These honors further underscore the profound impact of Prof. Hamidi’s efforts in advancing knowledge and comprehension within his field.

Recent Publications

An overview of academic publications documenting research focus, methodological depth, and scholarly engagement.

  • Austin, S., Zheng, P., Barber, R. M., Aalipour, M. A., Aalruz, H., Ababneh, Hamidi S., … The GBD 2023 Collaborators. (2025). Global age-sex-specific all-cause mortality and life expectancy estimates for 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1950–2023: A demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet.
  • Schumacher, A. E., Zheng, P., Barber, R. M., Aalipour, M. A., Aalruz, H., Ababneh, Hamidi S., … The GBD 2023 Collaborators. (2025). Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023. The Lancet.
  • Mestrovic, T., Naghavi, M., Aguilar, G. R., Weaver, N. D., Swetschinski, Hamidi S,… The GBD AMR Collaborators. (2025). The burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region 1990–2021: A cross-country systematic analysis with forecasts to 2050. The Lancet Public Health.
  • Hmwe, K., Vongpradith, A., Dominguez, R. M. V., Ma, J., Albertson, Hamidi S,… GBD 2021 Diarrhoea Collaborators. (2024). Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific burden of diarrhoeal diseases, their risk factors, and aetiologies, 1990–2021, for 204 countries and territories: A systematic analysis. The Lancet.
  • Malekpour, M. R., Rezaei, N., Azadnajafabad, S., Hamidi S,, … GBD 2019 Injuries Collaborators. (2024). Global, regional, and national burden of injuries, and burden attributable to injury risk factors, 1990–2019: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. Public Health, 237, 212–231.
  • Comfort, H., McHugh, T. A., Schumacher, A. E., Harris, A., May, E. A., Paulson, Hamidi S, … GBD 2021 Stillbirths Collaborators. (2024). Global, regional, and national stillbirths at 20 weeks’ gestation or longer in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2021: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. The Lancet, 404(10466), 1955–1988.
  • El Khatib, M. Alzoubi, H. Hamidi S., Alshurideh, M. Baydoun, A. Al-Nakeeb A. (2023). Impact of Using the Internet of Medical Things on e-Healthcare Performance: Blockchain Assist in Improving Smart Contract. ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research
  • Micah, E., Bhangdia, K., Cogswell, E., Lasher, D., Hamidi S., Lidral-Porter, B., Maddison, E. R., ... & Hlongwa, M. M. (2023). Global investments in pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: development assistance and domestic spending on health between 1990 and 2026. The Lancet Global Health, 11(3), e385-e413.
  • Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Malekpour, R., Hamidi S., Masinaei, M., Moghaddam, S., Ghamari, H., Abbasi-Kangevari, Z., ... & Zareshahrabadi, Z. (2023). Effect of air pollution on disease burden, mortality, and life expectancy in North Africa and the Middle East: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Planetary Health, 7(5), e358-e369.
  • Alhabdan, N., Alyaemni, A., Aljuaid, M., Baydoun, A., & Hamidi S., (2023). Impact of Implementing Key Performance Indicators on Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Rates Among Adult ICU Patients in Saudi Arabia. ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 15, 41-49.
  • Alshamsi, S., Hamidi S., & Narci, H. O. (2022). Healthcare resource utilization and direct costs of transfusion-dependent thalassemia patients in Dubai, United Arab Emirates: a retrospective cost-of-illness study. BMC health services research, 22(1), 1-17.
  • El Khatib M, Hamidi S., Al Ameeri I, Al Zaabi H, Al Marqab R. (2022). Digital Disruption and Big Data in Healthcare - Opportunities and Challenges. ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research, 14:563-574 https://doi.org/10.2147/CEOR.S369553
  • Tran, K. B., Lang, J. J., Compton, K., Xu, R., Acheson, A. R., Henrikson, H. J., Hamidi S.,... & Banach, M. (2022). The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010–19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 400(10352), 563-591.
  • Kyu, H. H., Vongpradith, A., Sirota, S. B., Novotney, A., Troeger, C. E., Hamidi S., Doxey, M. C., ... & Dao, A. T. M. (2022). Age–sex differences in the global burden of lower respiratory infections and risk factors, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Infectious Diseases.
  • Burkart, K., Causey, K., Cohen, A. J., Wozniak, S. S., Salvi, D. D., Hamidi S., Abbafati, C., ... & Nangia, V. (2022). Estimates, trends, and drivers of the global burden of type 2 diabetes attributable to PM2· 5 air pollution, 1990–2019: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Planetary Health, 6(7), e586-e600.
  • Sheena, B. S., Hiebert, L., Han, H., Ippolito, H., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Hamidi S., Abbasi-Kangevari, Z., ... & Gholizadeh, A. (2022). Global, regional, and national burden of hepatitis B, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology.
  • Haakenstad, A., Irvine, C. M. S., Knight, M., Bintz, C., Hamidi S., Aravkin, A. Y., Zheng, P., ... & Sahu, M. (2022). Measuring the availability of human resources for health and its relationship to universal health coverage for 204 countries and territories from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet.
  • Kocarnik, J. M., Compton, K., Dean, F. E., Fu, W., Hamidi S., Gaw, B. L., Harvey, J. D., ... & Dhimal, M. (2022). Cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life years for 29 cancer groups from 2010 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. JAMA oncology, 8(3), 420-444.
  • Nichols, E., Steinmetz, J. D., Vollset, S. E., Fukutaki, K., Hamidi S., Chalek, J., Abd-Allah, F., ... & Liu, X. (2022). Estimation of the global prevalence of dementia in 2019 and forecasted prevalence in 2050: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Public Health, 7(2), e105-e125.
  • Ledesma, J. R., Ma, J., Vongpradith, A., Maddison, E. R., Hamidi S., Novotney, A., Biehl, M. H., ... & Kendrick, P. J. (2022). Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22(2), 222-241.
  • Alvarez, E. M., Force, L. M., Xu, R., Compton, K., Lu, D., Hamidi S., Henrikson, H. J., ... & Burkart, K. (2022). The global burden of adolescent and young adult cancer in 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Oncology, 23(1), 27-52.
  • Roberts, N., Johnson, E., Zeng, S., Hamilton, E., Hamidi S., Abdoli, A., Alahdab, F., ... & Ong, K. (2021). Mortality from snakebite envenomation: an analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
  • Ward, J. L., Azzopardi, P. S., Francis, K. L., Santelli, J. S., Hamidi S., Skirbekk, V., Sawyer, S. M., ... & Constantin, T. V. (2021). Global, regional, and national mortality among young people aged 10–24 years, 1950–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 398(10311), 1593-1618.
  • Micah, A. E., Cogswell, I. E., Cunningham, B., Ezoe, S., Harle, A. C., Maddison, E. R., Hamidi S.,... & Hailu, A. (2021). Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2050. The Lancet, 398(10308), 1317-1343.
  • Jahagirdar, D., Walters, M. K., Novotney, A., Brewer, E. D., Frank, T. D., Carter, A., Hamidi S.,... & Hargono, A. (2021). Global, regional, and national sex-specific burden and control of the HIV epidemic, 1990–2019, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019. The Lancet HIV, 8(10), e633-e651.
  • Feigin, V. L., Stark, B. A., Johnson, C. O., Roth, G. A., Bisignano, C., Abady, G. G., ... & Hamidi S., (2021). Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Neurology, 20(10), 795-820.
  • Paulson, K. R., Kamath, A. M., Alam, T., Bienhoff, K., Abady, G. G., Hamidi S., Abbas, J., ... & Chanie, W. F. (2021). Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 398(10303), 870-905.
  • Wu, A. M., Bisignano, C., James, S. L., Abady, G. G., Abedi, A., Hamidi S., Abu-Gharbieh, E., ... & Vos, T. (2021). Global, regional, and national burden of bone fractures in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2(9), e580-e592.
  • Ebrahimi, H., Aryan, Z., Moghaddam, S. S., Bisignano, C., Rezaei, S., Hamidi S., Pishgar, F., ... & Tadesse, E. G. (2021). Global, regional, and national burden of respiratory tract cancers and associated risk factors from 1990 to 2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine, 9(9), 1030-1049.
  • Galles, N. C., Liu, P. Y., Updike, R. L., Fullman, N., Nguyen, J., Hamidi S., Rolfe, S., ... & Gaidhane, S. (2021). Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1. The Lancet, 398(10299), 503-521.
  • Force, L. M., Abdollahpour, I., Advani, S. M., Agius, D., Ahmadian, E., Hamidi S., Alahdab, F., ... & Tran, B. X. (2021). The global burden of childhood and adolescent cancer in 2017: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017 (vol 20, pg 1211, 2019). LANCET ONCOLOGY, 22(8), E347-E347.
  • Cromwell, E. A., Osborne, J. C., Unnasch, T. R., Basáñez, M. G., Gass, K. M., Barbre, K. A., Hamidi S.,... & Nguyen, H. L. T. (2021). Predicting the environmental suitability for onchocerciasis in Africa as an aid to elimination planning. PLoS neglected tropical diseases, 15(7), e0008824.
  • Taylor, H. J., Khundkar, R., Krishan, K., Eagan, A. W., Boloor, A., Bockarie, M. J., Hamidi S.,... & Shafaat, O. (2020). Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396(10258), 1223-1249.
  • Sartorius, B., VanderHeide, J. D., Yang, M., Goosmann, E. A., Hon, J., Haeuser, E., Hamidi S.,... & Gilani, S. A. (2021). Subnational mapping of HIV incidence and mortality among individuals aged 15–49 years in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–18: a modelling study. The Lancet HIV, 8(6), e363-e375.
  • Alshamsi, S., Hamidi, S., & Narci, H. O. (2021). Health-Related Quality of Life and Associated Factors of Children with Transfusion-Dependent Thalassemia in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Global Journal of Health Science, 13(7), 1-18.
  • Haile, L. M., Kamenov, K., Briant, P. S., Orji, A. U., Steinmetz, J. D., Abdoli, Hamidi S., A., ... & Rao, C. R. (2021). Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990–2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 397(10278), 996-1009.
  • Bourne, R., Steinmetz, J. D., Flaxman, S., Briant, P. S., Taylor, H. R., Hamidi S., Resnikoff, S., ... & Tareque, M. I. (2021). Trends in prevalence of blindness and distance and near vision impairment over 30 years: an analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The Lancet Global Health, 9(2), e130-e143.
  • Bourne, R. R., Steinmetz, J. D., Saylan, M., Hamidi S., Mersha, A. M., Weldemariam, A. H., Wondmeneh, T. G., ... & Emamian, M. H. (2021). Causes of blindness and vision impairment in 2020 and trends over 30 years, and prevalence of avoidable blindness in relation to VISION 2020: The Right to Sight: An analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study. The Lancet Global Health, e144-e160.
  • James, S. L., Abate, D., Abate, K. H., Abay, S. M., Abbafati, C., Abbasi, N., Abbastabar, H., Abd-Allah, F., Abdela, J., Abdelalim, A., Abdollahpour, I., Abdulkader, R. S., Abebe, Z., Abera, S. F., Hamidi S., Abil, O. Z., Abraha, H. N., Abu-Raddad, L. J., Abu-Rmeileh, N. M. E., Accrombessi, M. M. K., ... Castilla, J. (2021). Policy and technical considerations for implementing a risk-based approach to international travel in the context of COVID-19. The Lancet, 392(10159), 1789-1858.
  • Alshamsi, S., Hamidi, S., & Narci, H. O. (2021). Productivity loss and associated costs among patients with transfusion-dependent thalassemia in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. ClinicoEconomics and Outcomes Research: CEOR, 13, 853.
  • Safiri, S., Sullman, M. J., Lajunen, T., Hill, T., Almasi-Hashiani, A., Hamidi S., Moradi-Lakeh, M., ... & Collaborators, G. B. D. (2021). Burden of transport-related injuries in the eastern mediterranean region: A systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2017. Archives of Iranian Medicine, 24(7), 512-525.
  • Hamidi S., Ankit A. (2021). Healthcare Systems in the Arab World. In: Laher I. (eds) Handbook of Healthcare in the Arab World. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74365-3_184-1
  • Roth, G. A., Mensah, G. A., Johnson, C. O., Addolorato, G., Ammirati, E., Baddour, L. M., Hamidi, S.... & GBD-NHLBI-JACC Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases Writing Group.(2020). Global burden of cardiovascular diseases and risk factors, 1990–2019: update from the GBD 2019 study. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 76(25), 2982-3021.
  • Okash, A., Kamalov, F., Hamidi, S., Roberts, C., & Abdulnasir, S. (2020). Data Mining at the time of COVID-19. PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt, 17(8), 224-248.
  • CJL Murray, AY Aravkin, P Zheng, C Abbafati, KM Abbas, ... Hamidi, S. (2020). Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet , 396 (10258), 1223-1249
  • CJL Murray, C Abbafati, KM Abbas, M Abbasi, M Abbasi-Kangevari, ... Hamidi, S. (2020). Five insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet, 396 (10258), 1135-1159
  • SL James, CD Castle, ZV Dingels, JT Fox, EB Hamilton, Z Liu, ... Hamidi, S. (2020). Estimating global injuries morbidity and mortality: methods and data used in the Global Burden of Disease 2017 study. Injury prevention 26 (Supp 1), i125-i153
  • Deshpande, A., Miller-Petrie, M. K., Lindstedt, P. A., Baumann, M. M., Johnson, K. B., Blacker, B. F., ... Hamidi, S, & Abegaz, K. H. (2020). The global distribution of lymphatic filariasis, 2000–18: a geospatial analysis. The Lancet Global Health, 8(9), e1186-e1194.
  • Deshpande, A., Miller-Petrie, M. K., Lindstedt, P. A., Baumann, M. M., Johnson, K. B., Blacker, B. F., ... Hamidi, S, & Abegaz, K. H. (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in access to drinking water and sanitation facilities in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17. The Lancet Global Health, 8(9), e1162-e1185.
  • Lozano, R., Fullman, N., Mumford, J. E., Knight, M., Barthelemy, C. M., Abbafati, C., ... Hamidi, S, & Abolhassani, H. (2020). Measuring universal health coverage based on an index of effective coverage of health services in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019. The Lancet.
  • Wiens, K. E., Lindstedt, P. A., Blacker, B. F., Johnson, K. B., Baumann, M. M., Schaeffer, L. E., ... Hamidi, S, & Abegaz, K. H. (2020). Mapping geographical inequalities in oral rehydration therapy coverage in low-income and middle-income countries, 2000–17. The Lancet Global Health, 8(8), e1038-e1060.
  • Yadgir, S., Johnson, C. O., Aboyans, V., Adebayo, O. M., Adedoyin, R. A., Afarideh, M., ... Hamidi, S, & Azari, S. (2020). Global, Regional, and National Burden of Calcific Aortic Valve and Degenerative Mitral Valve Diseases, 1990–2017. Circulation, 141(21), 1670-1680.